Red-blooded

A piece I’ve been working on for.. a month and a half I think.
A kind of tribute to a great artist, my favourite artist, Alphonse Mucha.
Art Nouveau is not an easy art form. I’ve tried it before on several occasions but grown very frustrated with it. But I still think it’s a gorgeous artstyle and I’m glad I finally made something nice using the style.

The piece itself is a bit abstract. I wanted Mina's sons to be a part of the background, almost like guardians, when in reality, she is the one guarding them. This piece was somewhat of a follow up of another piece of mine, 'The Great Clock' [link]
I kinda fell in love with my boys in those outfits.
Anyway.

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Free textures from [link]
Mina leg reference: (I'll edit this when I find it..)
Time taken? No idea. It's been my ..relax-piece. so I've taken it slow ^^
Photoshop CS4, Intous 3